Football: Football coach Bielsa suspended after Uruguay came onto the pitch late at Copa America

(Reuters) – Uruguay coach Marcelo Bielsa has been banned for one match by CONMEBOL after his team arrived late on the pitch in their 5-0 win over Bolivia on Thursday.

The South American football confederation also fined the Uruguayan Football Federation $15,000 after Bielsa’s team violated articles 104 and 145 of the tournament’s rules, which relate to entering the field of play “later than the scheduled start or restart time,” CONMEBOL said in a statement on Sunday.

Bielsa will not be on the bench when his team faces the United States in their final Group C match at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City on Monday. His assistant Pablo Quiroga will take over the bench.

The former Leeds United manager is the fourth coach to be suspended for the same reason at this year’s Copa America, following Argentine Lionel Scaloni, Chilean head coach Ricardo Gareca and Venezuelan coach Fernando Batista.

(Reporting by Janina Nuno Rios in Mexico City; Editing by Toby Davis)